FDA OKs Nexium in children age 1 to 11 (AP) AP - The Food and Drug Administration has approved use of the drug Nexium in children aged 1 to 11 who have acid reflux disease.
Source: news.yahoo.comHealth Tip: Depression in Children (HealthDay) HealthDay - (
HealthDay News) - Children are by no means immune from the emotions and stressful times that can contribute to depression.
Source: news.yahoo.comScientists Find Cancer Culprits in Cigarette Smoke (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 28 (
HealthDay News) -- It's long been known that smoking causes lung cancer, but a new study is the first to show that the hydrogen peroxide in cigarette smoke is what actually causes
healthy lung cells to turn cancerous.
Source: news.yahoo.comHome-based treatment reduces HIV-related mortality: study (AFP) 
AFP - The use of a home-based anti-retroviral treatment could significantly reduce mortality among adults with HIV in poor nations, especially in Africa, according to a study released Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.comCribs recalled for faulty railing (AP) AP - Safety officials announced a recall of 24,000 cribs Thursday and also warned parents against putting their babies to bed with pillows and other soft bedding that could suffocate them.
Source: news.yahoo.comClinical Trials Update: Feb. 28, 2008 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (
HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
Source: news.yahoo.comSwiss say fans should get measles shot (AP) AP - Soccer fans and players should take precautions against measles before coming to Switzerland for the European Championship in June, authorities said Thursday. The highly contagious disease has infected more than 420 people this year in the Alpine nation, which is co-hosting with Austria the soccer event that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of fans and tourists.
Source: news.yahoo.comName-based HIV reporting doesn't deter testing (Reuters) 
Reuters - New York State's name-based HIV reporting and partner notification law, which went into effect June 1, 2000, has not led to a decline in HIV testing or the willingness of high-risk individuals to be tested, research shows.
Source: news.yahoo.comFDA: Heparin problems' cause unknown (AP) AP - U.S. inspectors found some mostly procedural problems at a Chinese factory that supplied the main ingredient for the recalled blood thinner heparin � but said Thursday they can't yet tell what is to blame for serious side effects.
Source: news.yahoo.comKids vaccine linked to fever, seizures (AP) AP - Children suffered higher rates of fever-related convulsions when they got a Merck & Co. combination vaccine instead of two separate shots, according to a new study presented Wednesday.
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